2026 Sheldon Danziger: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	48	1510	1348	912	794	169	10197

Research.com Recognitions

2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
2008 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Sheldon Danziger is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily within the social sciences.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
Religion, Society, and Development
Digital Communication and Language
Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

They have concentrated research efforts in the following subfields:

Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Econometrics
Human-Computer Interaction
Marketing
Literature and Literary Theory

Sheldon Danziger has published in several academic venues, including:

Management Science
SSRN Electronic Journal
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Journal of Consumer Psychology
Academy of Management Learning and Education

Their recent papers illustrate the topics and collaborative nature of their research:

"The Impact of Social Investing on Charitable Donations," 2022, Management Science
"Medium is a powerful message: Pictures signal less power than words," 2022, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
"When and Why Consumers "Accidentally" Endanger Their Products," 2020, Management Science
"Snyre for your nasal congestion: Using phonesthemes to imbue non-word brand names with meaning," 2023, Journal of Consumer Psychology
"Choice bracketing and experience-based choice," 2020, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Sheldon Danziger include:

Jake An
Donnel A. Briley
Shai Levi
Liat Hadar
Elinor Amit

Their career includes recognition by several academies: they are a fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2010), the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2008), and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002).

Best Publications

How Income Transfer Programs Affect Work, Savings, and the Income Distribution: A Critical Review

Sheldon Danziger;Robert Haveman;Robert Plotnick

926
Citations
Poverty and Family Structure: The Widening Gap between Evidence and Public Policy Issues

William Julius Wilson;Kathryn Neckerman;Sheldon Danziger;Daniel Weinberg

393
Citations
Wealth Disparities before and after the Great Recession

Fabian T. Pfeffer;Sheldon Danziger;Robert F. Schoeni

354
Citations
Labor Market Outcomes and the Transition to Adulthood

Sheldon Danziger;David Ratner

334
Citations
Welfare reform, substance use, and mental health.

Rukmalie Jayakody;Sheldon Danziger;Harold Pollack

333
Citations
Uneven Tides: Rising Inequality in America

Sheldon H. Danziger;Peter Gottschalk

330
Citations
INEQUALITY OF WAGE RATES, EARNINGS AND FAMILY INCOME IN THE UNITED STATES, 1975–2002†

Peter Gottschalk;Sheldon Danziger

327
Citations
Does It Pay to Move from Welfare to Work

Sheldon Danziger;Colleen M. Heflin;Mary E. Corcoran;Elizabeth Oltmans

296
Citations
Income Poverty in Advanced Countries

Markus Jäntti;Sheldon Danziger

287
Citations
Fighting Poverty: What Works and What Doesn't.

Sheldon H. Danziger;Daniel H. Weinberg

279
Citations
The Life-Cycle Hypothesis and the Consumption Behavior of the Elderly

Sheldon Danziger;Jacques Van Der Gaag;Eugene Smolensky;Michael K. Taussig

265
Citations
Work, Income, and Material Hardship after Welfare Reform.

Sandra Danziger;Mary Corcoran;Sheldon Danziger;Colleen M. Heflin

262
Citations
THE INCOME UNIT AND THE ANATOMY OF INCOME DISTRIBUTION

Sheldon Danziger;Michael K. Taussing

224
Citations
The Relationship between Income and Material Hardship

James X. Sullivan;Lesley Turner;Sheldon Danziger

219
Citations
Confronting Poverty: Prescriptions for Change

Sheldon H. Danziger;Gary D. Sandefur;Daniel H. Weinberg

207
Citations
Working wives and family income inequality among married couples.

Cancian M;Danziger S;Gottschalk P

187
Citations
Welfare Magnets: Myth or Reality?

Scott W. Allard;Sheldon Danziger

180
Citations
Failing the Transition from Welfare to Work: Women Chronically Disconnected from Employment and Cash Welfare†

Lesley J. Turner;Sheldon Danziger;Kristin S. Seefeldt

166
Citations
The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood

Sheldon Danziger;Cecilia Elena Rouse

125
Citations
The Measurement of Poverty: Implications for Antipoverty Policy

Sheldon Danziger;Peter Gottschalk

105
Citations
Chapter 6 Income poverty in advanced countries

Markus Jäntti;Sheldon Danziger

66
Citations
Fighting Poverty: What Works and What Doesn't.

Kirsten A. Gronbjerg;Sheldon H. Danziger;Daniel H. Weinberg

10
Citations
Uneven Tides: Rising Inequality in America.

John Bound;Sheldon Danziger;Peter Gottschalk

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Gottschalk Boston College

Robert F. Schoeni University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Jane Waldfogel Columbia University

Robert Haveman University of Wisconsin–Madison

Kerwin Kofi Charles Yale University

Harold A. Pollack University of Chicago

John Cawley Cornell University

Rebecca M. Blank University of Wisconsin–Madison

John Yinger Syracuse University

Reynolds Farley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

External Links

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